TENER, John Kinley, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in County Tyrone, Ireland,
July 25, 1863; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in
Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1872; attended the public and high schools; was employed by
manufacturing firms and corporations in and about Pittsburgh; engaged as a
professional baseball player 1885-1890; entered the banking business in
Charleroi, Pa., in 1901, serving as cashier and later as president of the First
National Bank; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress and served
from March 4, 1909, to January 16, 1911, when he resigned, having been elected
Governor; Governor of Pennsylvania 1911-1915; president of the National League
of Professional Baseball Clubs 1914-1918; elected as director of the
Philadelphia National League Baseball Club in 1931; engaged in the insurance
business until his death; died in Pittsburgh Pa., May 19, 1946; interment in
Homewood Cemetery.